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No. 325,924. Patented Sept. 8, 1885.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICEt GEORGE W. FERGUSON, JR, on NEW YORK, N.Y.

I DRAPERY-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,924, datedSeptember 8,1885

Application filed J annary 16, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. FERGU- soN, Jr., of the city and county ofNew York, in the State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Drapery- Pins, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to drapery-pins, such as are used to attachcurtains, portieres, and other like draperies to the rings which slide 1upon curtain-poles. The pins now most commonly used for this purposehave formed with or attached to them hooks which are capable of beingengaged with metal screw'eyes or other eyes fixed in the pole-rings.

The object of my invention is to combine a drapery-pin directly with apole-ring without the intervention of any eye between the pin and thepole-ring.

The invention consists in the combination,

2 with a pole-ring, of a drapery-pin having a shank, which is inserteddirectly into the ring, whereby the pin is attached to the poleringwithout the intervention of an eye. The shank of the drapery-pin may beprovided 2 5 with a screw-thread, if it be desired, to screw it into awood pole-ring; or the shank may consist of a plain wire projection andbe attached to a wood or metal pole-ring by being inserted through thesame and riveted at the 0 end.

The invention also consists in a novel construction of the pin,hereinafter particularly described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is 3 5 an edgewise view of apole-ring and draperypin connected according to my invention. Fig. 2 isa face View of the ring, also showing the drapery-pin. Fig. 3 representsthe drapery-pin detached from the pole-ring; and

Fig. 4 represents a portion of a pole, a window or door casing, and acurtain suspended from pole-rings.

Similar letters of reference designate corre sponding parts'in all thefigures.

5 A designates a pole-ring, which may be turned from wood or formed ofbrass or other metal, and which is adapted to slide upon a pole, B, asshown in Fig. 4. A number of these rings support a curtain, O. Thedrapery-pin, represented most clearly in Fig. 3, consists, essentially,of the pin proper, a, and

a yoke, with one end of which the pin proper is connected, and which hasat the other end a shield, b, to the point of the pin. As here shown,the pin and shield are composed of two separate pieces of wire, onebeing coiled at (t*, and having its two arms, a a, extending from thecoil in the same direction, and the other being bent to form the shieldb, and having the arm 2) extended to meet the arm 60. a. The two wiresor arms a. b are twisted together at and one of them is prolonged toform a shank or arm, 0, whereby the drapery-pin may be attached to thepole-ring A. The two arms a 11 form a yoke, from which 6 the shankprojects transversely to the length of the yoke. This shank 0 may bescrewthreaded, so that it may be readily screwed into a wood pole-ring,A, or it may be plain, and afterbeing inserted through a wood or metalring may be riveted over at the end to permanently attach it to thering.

If desired, both the wires which are twi ted together might form theshank, both being equal in length.

By attaching the drapery-pin directly to the pole-ring without theintervention of any metal eye such as is usually employed I materiallyreduce the cost of curtain-pole fixtures.

I am aware that drapery and safety pins have been made with a yoke, toone end of which is connected the pin proper, and at the other end ofwhich is formed a shield forthe point of the pin 5 and I am also awareof Letters Patent No. 193,854, granted August 7, 1877, to J. B. Cross,and which show a drapery-pin composed of a plate, from which projects arigid screw and a wire hook, soldered to the plate, for engaging with apillow-sham. I do not desire to include in my invention either of thedevices described as old, and my improved pin is distinguished from saiddevices in that the yoke, to one end of which the pin proper isconnected, and at the other 5 end of which is a shield for the pin, isprovided with a shank which .projects from the yoke in a directiontransverse to the length thereof, and is preferably arranged aboutmidway between the ends of the yoke. [00

WhatI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a pole-ring, A, of a drapery-pin having'a shankwhich is inserted directly into the ring, whereby the pin is attached tothe pole-ring without the inter- 5 vention of an eye, substantially asset forth.

-2. The drapery-pin herein described, composed of two pieces of wire,one forming the pin a, coil (1*, and arm a, and the other formingthe'shield b and arm I), the arms a bi being twisted together at and oneof them be 10 ing prolonged to form a shank, a, substantially as setforth. I

GEO. XV. FERGUSON, JR. \Vitnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, MATTHEW PoLLooK.

